International private school chains have experienced explosive growth in the last five years, creating new revenue opportunities for education companies.

Prenda’s latest funding round was led by venture capital firm Seven Seven Six, which was founded by Reddit Co-founder, investor Alexis Ohanian.

Only one in five summer program providers say they’ve received COVID relief funds, according to new survey by Afterschool Alliance.

A joint effort by the U.S. Department of Education and ISTE asks colleges of education to do more to help future teachers and administrators thrive in digital learning environments.

Private equity-backed assessment and analytics firm Riverside Insights has acquired Aperture Education, which provides social-emotional assessments to K-12 districts.

A research project is documenting the good and bad experiences of classroom educators with ed-tech tools.

EdReports’ new study finds standards-aligned material is increasingly available, but districts need to ramp up professional development to put those resources into action.

The EdWeek Market Brief online summit, held June 7-9, will allow companies to hear from district administrators from LAUSD; Clark County, Nev.; Wake County, N.C.; Chicago; Baltimore; Oakland, Calif., and more.

The consumer protection agency vowed to keep checks on an industry it said is “dominated by the commercial surveillance business model.”

Startup Class Technologies has acquired Anthology’s Blackboard Collaborate, and India-based Byju’s company Great Learning has acquired Northwest Executive Education.